Biblioblast October 2024: Library News

• From the Director
• Staff News
• Library Fest 2024
• EndNote 21 now available!
• Upgrading remote (Off-campus) access to Library resources: volunteers needed
• Resource Spotlight: Gideon
• Resource Spotlight: Web of Science metrics
• New Books
• Classes & Events

From the Director

I'm thrilled to invite the Einstein Community to Library Fest 2024! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 15 for an afternoon full of useful information, snacks, swag, and a raffle.

Our fourth annual Library Fest will be bigger and better than ever. It will be a great opportunity to speak with vendors to learn more about what the library’s collection of resources can do for you. Take a moment to attend a demo in one of our newly renovated Group Study Rooms for a deeper dive.

In addition to our vendor showcase, a representative from the New York Public Library’s Morris Park Branch will be here for their annual Card-a-thon. Sign up for a library card for access to books, music, videos, and CulturePass for free access to many NYC museums and cultural institutions.

If you haven’t visited the library since our renovation, Library Fest would be a great opportunity to take a look at our newly redesigned space. Last, but certainly not least, chat with a librarian to learn about the many services we provide and additional resources we offer.

We look forward to seeing you on the 15^th.

The staff of the D. Samuel Gottesman Library will likewise be on hand to offer assistance and answer your questions and we will also have librarians from NYPL’s Morris Park Branch so that you can take advantage of everything the public library offers. And, as usual, there will also be food, swag, and raffles to win a variety of prizes. You can find out more about all the Library Fest activities in our guide.

So please come and join us for a fun and educational afternoon!

You can now access Endnote 21 through the Einstein library. It can be downloaded by going to our Endnote research guide – which also has installation tips and helpful information on using Endnote – and completing a quick form. Once your request has been processed, you will be sent a link to the installer. All members of the Einstein/Montefiore community are eligible, but you will need to enter your remote access information when submitting a request so make sure to have it handy.

The desktop interface of the latest version of Endnote looks and feels much like the previous one, hopefully making the transition easy. New features include:

• Creation of customizable color-coded tags that can be applied to organize references.

• Expanded sharing so up to 1000 users can have access to the same library.
• Better de-duplication, with the ability to choose to keep the oldest, newest, or most complete reference for all duplicates, rather than evaluate them individually.
• A recovery feature that allows users to retrieve synced libraries from the cloud in case of a serious problem that makes the library unable to open. EndNote 21 also makes it possible to roll back to an earlier copy of a library to address less serious issues.
• The ability to restore an individual reference to a previous version.

One of the most notable differences between Endnote 20 and 21 is a significantly enhanced online version, which has an all-new interface that was designed to be more similar to the desktop version. The new online platform will only be offered to EndNote 21 users. For other users, the current Endnote Web will still function.

Another exciting change with Endnote 21 is that is now works with both Google Docs and Word Online via Cite-While-You-Write plugins comparable to the one for the desktop version of Word.

Endnote 20 will continue to be available through our website and we will also still provide assistance on questions or issues related to this version of Endnote.

We are in the process of upgrading the way we provide remote access to the library’s digital collections (eJournals, eBooks, and databases). The new system will provide a smoother sign in process and enhanced security features. We are seeking faculty, postdocs, students, and staff to help us test the new system.

If you are interested, please fill out this very brief form. We will send you instructions for testing and a brief evaluation form.

Thank you!

GIDEON was developed in collaboration with hundreds of medical scientists, microbiologists, public health professionals, and students from 26 countries. It features data, charts, and maps for hundreds of diseases, as well as powerful diagnostic and educational tools. Access GIDEON from the Library's A-Z database page. On the GIDEON homepage, you have four choices: Find information, Identify pathogens, Diagnose diseases, or Visualize data.

By clicking on Diagnose diseases, you can access both of GIDEON's DDX tools - Probability engine (classic) and Step by Step (interactive). Working with Step by Step helps teach the process necessary to build a diagnosis. To get started, click on Diagnose, and then step by step. On the left hand side of the screen is a clinical summary sidebar. This indicates the current and next steps in the data collection process. Type the main complaint into the search box in the center of the screen. Users can also select the affected area on the body and narrow from there.

• Next, add any additional findings. Both positive and negative findings help to narrow down the diagnosis.
• On the right hand side of the screen, GIDEON lists potential diagnoses. The top 10 are displayed. Click "show full table" to investigate further.

• Then, consider the incubation period and duration. Enter the relevant data if the patient has these details.
• You can also enter the patient's age as well as any additional lab test results.
• GIDEON will list a ranked probability list of differential diagnoses based on the clinical findings you have specified.

Web of Science (WoS) is a database researchers primarily used for literature searches. WoS also provides insightful publishing metrics at the article, author, and journal levels. WoS also provides insightful publishing metrics to help you discover trends and understand the imipact of your research.

There are several ways you can search WoS, including topic, author, affiliation, journal, and funding agency. Search results can be refined in a number of ways, such as publication year, document type, and language. By default, search results are sorted by relevance. You can also sort by publication date or citation count.

Articles that have been cited enough times to put them in the top 1% of their field are flagged as “Highly Cited Papers.” Articles published within the past two years that have received enough citations in WoS’s most recent bimonthly reporting period to place them in the top 0.1% when compared to other papers in the same field and added to the database in the same period are flagged as “Hot Papers.”

The “Analyze Results” tool will let you analyze your search results in greater detail and provides downloadable visualizations. For example, you can view the top institutions and journals publishing on a particular topic, or the top funding agencies. The tree map chart below displays the top 10 journal publishing articles about malaria during the past two years.

Drilling down into a specific a specific citation will let you see how many times it has been cited within journals indexed in WoS and view the citing articles. To receive email notifications whenever that a particular article has been cited, create a Citation Alert. In addition to citing articles, you can view the reference cited by the paper you are viewing. “View Related Records” will display other articles indexed in WoS that cite the same publications.

The “Comparison Metrics Panel” is a new feature that will show how the citation rate of a particular publication compares to others in the same field and in the same journal.

Another new feature is “Citing Items by Classification.” This tool displays how an article is mentioned in a paper when it is cited.

If you would like to learn more about Web of Science, visit their table at Library Fest on October 15, attend our Measuring Impact: Web of Science workshop on November 19, or email a research librarian.

The American Psychiatric Association Publishing textbook of psychopharmacology, 6th ed. / edited by Alan F. Schatzberg, Charles B. Nemeroff                

Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2024. 

The Chicago manual of style, 18th ed. / Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2024.

Current medical diagnosis & treatment 2025, 64th ed. / edited by Maxine A. Papadakis, Michael W. Rabow, Kenneth R. McQuaid; associate editor, Monica Gandhi; with contributing authors.

New York, N.Y.: McGraw Hill, 2025.

First aid for the neurology clerkship / editor, Michael S. Rafii.

New York: McGraw Hill, 2023.



Headache and facial pain medicine  / editor, Sait Ashina.

New York: McGraw Hill, 2024.

Physicians' cancer chemotherapy drug manual 2024, 24th ed. / edited by Edward Chu, Vincent DeVita.

Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2024.

View the full calendar or click on a class title to sign up. Contact a Research Librarian to learn more, or to schedule your own personal or small-group session.